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Cheetah Conservation Fund

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World rank, all time
#33,437
of 34,923
Rank in Namibia
#6
of 6
Research works
134
▲ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
63%
world 18%
Cheetah Conservation Fund

Which fields of science does Cheetah Conservation Fund work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Cheetah Conservation Fund is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (48%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 52.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 48.4% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 28.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 20.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCheetahConservation Fund52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences15%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2548.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.0%
    3. Engineering00.4%
    4. Chemistry00.3%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences612.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Social Sciences48.5%
    2. Psychology24.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine46.8%
    2. Veterinary24.3%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    4. Health Professions00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cheetah Conservation Fund specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 25.3 works9.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.75× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 31.42× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 31.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary31.42×2 works
  2. Environmental Science9.75×25 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.58×6 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.94×2 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.69×1 works
  6. Psychology1.43×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×3 works
  8. Nursing1.08×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.67×4 works
  10. Medicine0.35×4 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.33×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.33×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.26×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  18. Health Professions0.07×0 works
  19. Engineering0.03×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cheetah Conservation Fund?

Ranked on the quality score, Anne Schmidt‐Küntzel, Bogdan Cristescu and Sara D. Ferguson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cheetah Conservation Fund.

  1. 1 Anne Schmidt‐Küntzel Namibia · #1,191,948 worldwide 2k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Bogdan Cristescu Namibia · #1,964,234 worldwide 1.5k citations · 107 works
  3. 3 Sara D. Ferguson Namibia · #2,185,873 worldwide 103 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Laurie L. Marker Namibia · #2,330,958 worldwide 5.7k citations · 216 works
  5. 5 Stephanie Fennessy Namibia · #2,334,167 worldwide 212 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Stijn Verschueren Namibia · #3,506,883 worldwide 263 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Matti T. Nghikembua Namibia · #3,736,554 worldwide 218 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Walter Hoesch Namibia · #4,065,282 worldwide 104 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Cheetah Conservation Fund

What are the most cited papers from Cheetah Conservation Fund?

The most cited paper from Cheetah Conservation Fund is "Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements" (Marlee A. Tucker et al., 2018), with 1,329 citations. Next come "HIV Prevalence, Risks for HIV Infection, and Human Rights among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana" (369) and "Stigma, Health Care Access, and HIV Knowledge Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana" (353).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements Marlee A. Tucker et al. · Science Open access115 authors 25 Jan 2018 1,329
2 HIV Prevalence, Risks for HIV Infection, and Human Rights among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana Stefan Baral, Gift Trapence, Felistus Motimedi et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 25 Mar 2009 369
3 Stigma, Health Care Access, and HIV Knowledge Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana Heather Fay, Stefan Baral, Gift Trapence et al. · AIDS and Behavior 9 Dec 2010 353
4 The tiger genome and comparative analysis with lion and snow leopard genomes Yun Sung Cho et al. · Nature Communications Open access 17 Sep 2013 332
5 Removing the Threat of Diclofenac to Critically Endangered Asian Vultures Gerry Swan, Vinasan Naidoo, Richard Cuthbert et al. · PLoS Biology Open access 26 Jan 2006 250
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cheetah Conservation Fund?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Habitat Selection, Population Dynamics, Trophic Cascades, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates, Climate Change, Biodiversity and Invasive Species.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Habitat Selection11▲ 293×2 topics
  2. Population Dynamics11▲ 82×4 topics
  3. Animal Movement10▲ 368×1 topic
  4. Occupancy Rates10▲ 368×1 topic
  5. Trophic Cascades10▲ 207×2 topics
  6. Climate Change9▲ 6.6×18 topics
  7. Biodiversity8▲ 19×8 topics
  8. Invasive Species5▲ 22×8 topics
  9. Conservation4▲ 16×8 topics
  10. Sustainability4▲ 2.7×6 topics
  11. Adaptation3▲ 21×6 topics
  12. Pastoralists3▲ 225×1 topic
  13. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 225×1 topic
  14. Conservation Biology3▲ 52×3 topics
  15. Evolution3▲ 18×6 topics
  16. Global Change3▲ 19×3 topics
  17. Species Richness3▲ 78×2 topics
  18. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Ecological Niche2▲ 70×1 topic
  20. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 70×1 topic
  21. Animal Welfare2▲ 45×3 topics
  22. Altruism2▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Biogeography2▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Cooperation2▲ 59×2 topics
  26. Antioxidant2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  27. Primates2▲ 177×1 topic
  28. Social Behavior2▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Emotional State2▲ 105×1 topic
  30. Stress Indicators2▲ 105×1 topic
  31. Ecosystem2▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Community Ecology2▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Functional Diversity2▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 16×5 topics
  35. Avian Ecology1▲ 117×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem Services1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  37. Migration Patterns1▲ 99×1 topic
  38. Habitat Connectivity1▲ 131×1 topic
  39. Pathogen Transmission1▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Road Ecology1▲ 131×1 topic

Which research topics does Cheetah Conservation Fund publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Primate Behavior and Ecology.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…10Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 10 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 2 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 1 fractional worksEcology and biodiversity studies: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional works
EcologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEcological ModelingSocial Psychology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 10 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  3. 3 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  4. 4 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 2 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  7. 7 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Ecology and biodiversity studies Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.6%domestic only37.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cheetah Conservation Fund's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cheetah Conservation Fund as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Cheetah Conservation Fund0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cheetah Conservation Fund over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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